"tangent" meaning in Français

See tangent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \tɑ̃.ʒɑ̃\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-tangent.wav Forms: tangents [plural, masculine], tangente [singular, feminine], tangentes [plural, feminine]
  1. Qui touche une ligne ou une surface en un seul point en faisant avec elle un angle nul.
    Sense id: fr-tangent-fr-adj-~24DFqu6 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de la géométrie Topics: geometry
  2. Qui est près de réussir quelque chose ; qui approche de justesse d’un résultat. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-tangent-fr-adj-dcm3n49q Categories (other): Exemples en français, Termes familiers en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tangence, tangente, tangentiel Translations: berührend (Allemand), tangent (Anglais), tangentni (Croate), tangent (Occitan)

Inflected forms

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